Saturday, April 28, 2012

Today we have the awesome Wendy Higgins visiting the blog she wrote Sweet Evil a book which we’re both quite
obsessed with! Especially a certain fictional boy ahem Kaidan Rowe ;) ;) and
besides our questions for Wendy, Kai was available to answer a few as well!

Wendy’s
Questions

Paranormal,
Fantasy, Sci-Fi, or Dystopian?

Love them
all, but my order of preference is Para, Dystopian, Fantasy, then Sci-Fi.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Ok guys we have
our Daemon Invasion Street Team and we’re super stoked we have some great
people!!!! Ooh and we have our team name Team Kitten!!!!! The lovely Pam from
Bookalicious made the cutest graphic for us.

From Goodreads.
Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

I rarely read historical fiction mostly because I haven’t found any
that have blown my mind. But this book did!!! Not only was there a main
character who was an assassin and a complete badass but there was a love
interest that had me at hello (yes I know cheesy Jerry Maguire quote) even if
he didn't have Ismae’s.

The court intrigue and the twists and turns gave me whiplash, but it
was the good kind. I loved trying to figure out exactly who the bad guy was and
who could be trusted and I fell in love with many of the characters not just
Ismae and Duval. I think what I loved about this book the most was there was an
ending. Yes I’m sure there will be more about Ismae and Duval in the upcoming
books, but book 2 will be about another character Sybella who was a mystery
wrapped in an enigma in book one and I can’t wait to find out more about her.
And I have an idea who her love interest is but I won’t spoil anything all I
will say is yay and I can’t wait for their story!!!!

I had a hard time just picking one passage from Grave Mercy but I think I found the perfect one J

“I fear it is what my convent expects,” I tell
him.”They may train us in the arts of love, but in their minds our hearts
belong firmly to Mortain.”

“I disagree with
your convent,” he says. “Why give us hearts at all then?”

Slowly, as if afraid
I will bolt, he reaches for my hand, which has somehow escaped from the covers.
When he laces his fingers through mine, my heart does its now familiar panicked
flight, bumping painfully against my ribs. My shoulder twitches as if to pull my
hand back, but my heart overrules it.

His hand is warm,
the skin firm. We sit together in silence. I do not know what is going through
his head, but my own mind is unable to form a single thought. At least, not a
coherent one. After a long while, he squeezes my hand, then leans down to kiss
the back of it. His lips are warm and soft and I am filled with the memory of
them on my mouth, my throat. Slowly, as if with great reluctance, he pulls
away, and I shiver. “Perhaps,” he says. “When this is all over.”

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Over the last couple of weeks, you've heard us talking about the upcoming #daemoninvasion and we're so excited to finally share with you what is going on.

REALLY EXCITED!

The beautiful and uber cool models, Pepe Toth and Sztella Tziotziosz, who grace the Lux covers, will be joining us in the United States! You heard right. They are flying here, from Hungary to spend a few days as Daemon and Katy! While they are here, they will be working with Vania, from VLC Productions (the team behind Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments, Melissa de la Cruz, Kimberly Derting, Moira Young, Kami Garcia and Margret Stohl, Hillary Duff, Lauren Destefano, and many, many more authors' book trailers), to film book trailers for the Lux Series.

During the filming in Atlanta, they will be accompanying us on tour! What does that mean? You get to meet them. In the flesh. They will be participating in the signings and events. At those signings, we'll be giving away signed posters, photos, and other swag. There will also be meet and greet events you can join in on.

At each signing, there will be advanced copies of Onyx given away!

And to top thing off (as if this isn't enough, be we don't do anything small), there's something very, very exciting in the works! It involves advanced copies of Opal, water, and a little destination known as the Bahahmas.

We are not kidding.

This will be epic.

Are you excited? We are. This tour is going to be so, so much fun, and we're so thrilled that Pepe and Sztella are a part of it. We owe them a huge thank you and a giant welcome for making the 16 hour flight to meet the readers of the Lux Series. YOU!!

There are several
#daemoninvasion street teamers out there and if you want to join a team to win
exclusive prizes, search down the #daemoninvasion hashtag onTwitter to join one of the
teams! We at Two Chicks on Books are FULL. We'll let you know soon who our team members are.

Don’t
forget to visit Jennifer L. Armentrout’s blog to win a signed set of Half-Blood
and Pure (HERE) in celebration of her adult romance release,
Tempting the Best Man, under pen name J. Lynn.
It can be purchased HERE.

From Goodreads. Being connected to Daemon Black sucks… Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarre connection. I’ve sworn him off even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But against all common sense, I’m falling for him. Hard. Our relationship issues aren’t out biggest problem… The Department of Defense is here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we’re linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And when a new boy shows up a school with a secret of his own, things get complicated fast. I need to choose between my own instincts and Daemon’s.
But then everything changes… I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. Daemon’s never going to stop searching until gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?
No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies.

Onyx was longer than the first but so worth it. It
was hottter, sexier, more action packed, absolutely gut wrenching, and more
tear filled than Obsidian! There’s
really not much I can say without spoiling the story but I will say holy shit I
fell more in love with Daemon I didn’t think it would be possible but he is now
my favorite character in any of Jen’s books! I loved Katy too I mean she is one
kick ass chick and I still love that she’s a blogger. Y’all might remember that
from my gushing review of Obsidian
;)

There’s a few new characters introduced and one happens to be a very
hot boy with some pretty intense secrets. There are some pretty intense
surprises in this book and let me tell you some will leave you reeling and
cursing at Jennifer especially after the ending (hello holy shit moment)! You
will be dying to read Opal and this
wait is going to be a killer!

I picked a passage that I think is pretty safe to share and it’s one
of my favorites!

Around six in the
evening. I felt that now-oh-so-familiar tingle on the back of my neck right
before Daemon knocked. A ball of confusing feelings unfurled inside me as I
hurried to the door.

The first thing I
noticed was the large box beside him, and then the scent of roasted turkey and
yams.

“You going to
invite me in?” He held up the plates, wiggling them. “I come bearing gifts in
the form of food.”

I stepped aside.

Still grinning,
he came in and waved his free hand. The box lifted off the porch and trailed
behind him like a dog. It landed just inside the foyer. As I shut the door, I
caught sight of Ash and Andrew climbing into their car. Neither of them looked over.

Friday, April 20, 2012

So we are so ridiculously
excited for today’s post! We have both read
Unraveling and absolutely freaking loved the book! Liz Norris was super
sweet and asked us to be on the tour and of course we said yes! Oh and also we
get to give away a signed copy of Unraveling and bookmarks!

Now on to our post. A couple
weeks ago Jaime went on vacation to San Diego (coincidentally that’s where the
book takes place) so she thought she’d take pictures of the places in the book
and have Liz add captions to them! Liz loved the idea so here’s what we’ve come
up with! Also there’s a slideshow with more photos at the bottom!

Janelle is a lifeguard, and
in the opening scene ofUnraveling,
she's finished up her last shift of the summer. Making Janelle a lifeguard
wasn't necessarily a conscious decision. Like Janelle, I was a swimmer and a
lifeguard, and when I started thinking about her, it just fit that she would be
those things too.

Torrey Pines State Reserve
is the beach Janelle always goes to--and where she works as a lifeguard. This
was my favorite beach in San Diego because it was always the least crowded.

Ben works at Kon-Tiki
Motorcycles in Pacific Beach. He likes working on cars and motorcycles--it's
something that he's really good at, and I used to walk by Kon-Tiki a lot when I
was in Pacific Beach. I always loved the name.

Sunset Cliffs is where Ben
takes Janelle on her first date. It's one of the most romantic places
(especially during sunset) that I've ever been.

In my mind, this is the
view Janelle and Ben have on their date. Ben takes her here because Janelle's
always loved the ocean and the beach and because it's a place where they can be
together--just them--and really talk and learn more about each other.

This is whyUnravelingis set in San Diego. Other than the fact
that I lived there and can picture it really well, it's such a beautiful place
with so many interesting places to go. I see pictures like this and wish I
could teleport there and feel the ocean breeze.

Awesome right? San Diego is beautiful and the perfect
setting for Unraveling! So no onto the giveaway just fill out the rafflecopter
form below and good luck! Oh and make sure to check out Jaime's review of Unraveling! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Make sure to check out all the other tour
stops for awesome posts like get info about the
sequel, the actors Liz would cast as Ben and Janelle, and more! Also there will
be other chances to win
Unraveling and signed bookmarks!

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